The Welikanda police had arrested two women due to the sudden death of a child in a house in Welikabda. The Police Media Spokesman said that investigations were commenced according to a tip off received that the two day old baby had been buried in the backyard of the house. The body which was exhumed yesterday was taken to the Polonnaruwa hospital for the post-mortem. The mother arrested is 22 years old and the granny is 58.